rescue, deliverance, delivery, saving
(noun) recovery or preservation from loss or danger; “work is the deliverance of mankind”; “a surgeon’s job is the saving of lives”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
deliverance (countable and uncountable, plural deliverances)
Act of delivering or conveying something.
Delivery in childbirth.
Extrication from danger, imprisonment, rescue etc.
• (act of delivering, something delivered): delivery
Source: Wiktionary
De*liv"er*ance, n. Etym: [F. délivrance, fr. délivrer.]
1. The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captive. He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives. Luke iv. 18. One death or one deliverance we will share. Dryden.
2. Act of bringing forth children. [Archaic] Shak.
3. Act of speaking; utterance. [Archaic] Shak.
Note: In this and in the preceding sense delivery is the word more commonly used.
4. The state of being delivered, or freed from restraint. I do desire deliverance from these officers. Shak.
5. Anything delivered or communicated; esp., an opinion or decision expressed publicly. [Scot.]
6. (Metaph.)
Definition: Any fact or truth which is decisively attested or intuitively known as a psychological or philosophical datum; as, the deliverance of consciousness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 May 2025
(adverb) showing consideration and thoughtfulness; “he had thoughtfully brought with him some food to share”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
